1935

Edward Van Tobel Jr. ’35 died Dec. 29, 2009. The Las Vegas busiess pioneer was 96 years old. He is credited with helping to build the company into the world’s first indoor lumber and home improvement center in the 1950s. He had spent much of his youth working with his father, company founder Ed Von […]

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1935

Jeremiah G. Hickey II  ’35 on January 30, 2009, age 96, in Pheonix, Ariz. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mary Catherine; his children, J. Griffin, Christopher, Clare, Marguerite, and Louise, and grandchildren. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and worked for Hickey Freeman for 33 years. He was devoted to his […]

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1935

William D. Bottini ’35 on Feb. 13, 2009. The native of Pleasanton attended SCU on a basketball scholarship and graduated with a degree in civil engineering. He worked for the Western Pacific Railroad as a right-of-way engineer in Nevada, and in 1942 enlisted in the Seabees of the United States Navy and was decorated with […]

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